Peter Richerson
Biographic Data
| ID | 162996 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Peter Richerson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Peter |
| FAMILY NAME | Richerson |
| SIGNATURE | RICHERSON P |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 28 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Dual Inheritance Theory
Dual inheritance theory is a set of ideas, first proposed in the 1960s, based on the observation that once humans evolved the capacity for complex culture, the environments in which human genes evolved were partly the product of their culture. If both genes and culture evolve, human evolution should be seen as the result of the interaction of cultural and genetic evolution. Current research by proponents of the theory looks at how cultural inform…
Busting Myths about Evolutionary Anthropology
Constraints on the Development of Agriculture
The development of agriculture was limited by external constraints, mainly climate, before the Holocene and mainly by social institutions after that. Population size and growth was important but ultimately did not determine where and why agriculture evolved
Constraints on the Development of Agriculture
The development of agriculture was limited by external constraints, mainly climate, before the Holocene and mainly by social institutions after that. Population size and growth was important but ultimately did not determine where and why agriculture evolved
Constraints on the Development of Agriculture
The development of agriculture was limited by external constraints, mainly climate, before the Holocene and mainly by social institutions after that. Population size and growth was important but ultimately did not determine where and why agriculture evolved
Busting Myths about Evolutionary Anthropology
Dual Inheritance Theory
Dual inheritance theory is a set of ideas, first proposed in the 1960s, based on the observation that once humans evolved the capacity for complex culture, the environments in which human genes evolved were partly the product of their culture. If both genes and culture evolve, human evolution should be seen as the result of the interaction of cultural and genetic evolution. Current research by proponents of the theory looks at how cultural inform…
Sociology (2 works) · Agriculture (1 work) · Anthropology (1 work) · Archaeology (1 work) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (1 work) · Biology (1 work) · Citation (1 work) · Classics (1 work) · Computer Science (1 work) · Cultural Differences and Values (1 work)